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Idaho, manufacturing facility, pro-curement of raw material from SouthAmerica and New Zealand, sales ofCedar split rail fencing for IdahoCedar Sales in Troy, Idaho, andnational sales programs along withsales to foreign markets. Lenon visited China with the Idaho

Governor’s Economic Mission in June2010.

WHO’S WHO - LenonContinued from page 2

WHO’S WHO - RobitailleContinued from page 2

WHO’S WHO - GaedeContinued from page 19

APA NEWS - Continued from page 2

Idaho Timber carries dimension lum-ber in SPF, Hem-Fir/Doug-Fir andSouthern Yellow Pine; commonboards in ESLP, Ponderosa Pine andCedar; Cedar fencing and Cedar splitrail fencing. Special features offeredby the firm include patterns, custompackaging, custom manufacturing andcontainer truck- and rail-shipments.Company-wide revenue in 2009 was$143 million.The Home Center Group markets

Idaho Timber’s board and specialtyproducts to retail/home centers, dis-tributors and manufacturers indomestic and international markets.Lenon worked in dimension sales

and domestic and international pur-chasing in previous years with IdahoTimber. A University of Idaho graduate, with a

bachelor’s degree in business/mar-keting, he is a member of SigmaAlpha Epsilon fraternity and currentlyserves on an advisory board at hisalma mater. He is a board memberfor the West Coast LumberInspections Bureau based in Portland,Ore.When he is away from work, his hob-

bies and interests include spendingtime with his wife and children; coach-ing his children’s sports teams andoutdoor recreation, such as camping,sports, biking, water/snow skiing, gar-

Forest Foundation, the NorthAmerican Wholesale LumberAssoc., the Northeastern LumberManufacturers Assoc., and the NewHampshire Timberland OwnersAssoc. The company is also a mem-ber of Project Learning Tree, an edu-cational program of the AmericanForest Foundation.Gaede enjoys playing tennis, fishing,traveling and dirt biking in his sparetime.

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Products include balusters, appear-ance grade, posts or timbers, decking,fence boards, fence rails, fence posts,or industrial components.Robitaille began in the lumber indus-try five years ago as the commercialsales manager of the Home Depotstore in Langley, British Columbia anduntil recently the store in Ottawa,Ontario. Mark is a graduate of MillerHigh School and attended theUniversity of Regina. He and his wife,Laurie, have three children.In his spare time, Robitaille enjoyscoaching hockey and playing golf. For more information, call Mark at604-856-6072 or visit their web site atwww.midvalleylbr.com.

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now offers details in Spanish. Morethan 30 Spanish-language CADdetails are available free of charge infour different file formats: DWG, DWF,DXF and PDF. Details can besearched for by title or browsed forwithin several product and construc-tion-system categories, includingPanel Roof Construction, Build aBetter Home, I-Joist Floor Framingand Fire Rated Systems. Spanish-lan-guage details can be accessed by vis-iting www.apacad.org and clicking onthe Mexican Flag in the upper-rightcorner of the webpage. APACAD.org was recently re-

designed to improve site navigationand CAD detail accessibility. In addi-tion to the Spanish-language details,the website now features more than200 details in English that have beenadapted from some of APA’s most fre-quently downloaded publications.Additional details are being developedfor the popular website, which hasaveraged close to 13,000 visits permonth over the past year.

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dening and home improvements.He and his wife, Becky, and their two

children, Bailey and Brayden, live inMeridian, Idaho.

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offer customer education on Redwoodas a premium product. The California Redwood Company is

a subsidiary of Green DiamondResource Company, the secondlargest timberland owner in California.The second-growth logging operationoccupies 430,000 acres of theRedwood timber region, a 400-milelong strip of coastline that stretchesup to the Oregon border and extendsinland only 15 miles, where thecoastal trees absorb moisture fromthe area fog. The two companies had been inte-

grated together until 2001, when TheCalifornia Redwood Company andGreen Diamond split management ofsawmill and land. Today, the two oper-ate hand in hand – timber supplier andsawmill – to supply the market withexpediency and continuity of serviceand product. Sol Simpson foundedthe original company in 1890. Backthen, the firm was named SimpsonLogging Company in WashingtonState. Following an expansion intoCalifornia in 1945 and a change inname only, the company remains afamily-run business by descendantsof Simpson. Planting nearly one million trees per

year, Green Diamond grows manymore trees than it harvests, operatingwithin a sustainability model that com-plies with two California HabitatConservation Plans. Green Diamondemploys a number of experts whowork in tandem with federal and stategovernment to voluntarily implementconservation and habitat plans. Inaddition, the Sustainable ForestryInitiative certified both GreenDiamond timberland and TheCalifornia Redwood Companysawmills. Two separate facilities support the

operation on an overall footprint ofnearly 700 acres. On a 500-acre tractat Korbel, the primary facility consistsof the log deck, sawmill, drying yardand 13 kilns, which are fueled byresiduals and sawdust created by themanufacturing process. A re-manufacturing facility and the

administrative offices are located atBrainard on an 85-acre parcel inHumboldt Bay, where a high grade oflumber is sorted, dried, surfaced andmanufactured into products such as6X6 beams specified by architects tobe exposed in homes, for siding, inte-rior wainscoting, and 4X4s for play-

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ground equipment, sold at the Korbellocation. Logs transported to the mill upon

large loaders are debarked and cutinto various decking lengths, using a6-foot diameter circular buck saw.From a process called bucking, theyproceed to the log quad, which makesseveral cuts in 6-to 30-inch in diame-ter logs at once. Larger logs aresliced one at a time on a head rig topull the best grade from each length.Resaws and edgers remove the logwane from the lumber and defects aretrimmed off. Lumber products aresorted by dimensions, which rangefrom 1X4 up to 2X12, and for specificproduct, 4X4, 4X6 and 6X6s. Thecompany also uses Douglas Fir tomanufacture product in 2X4 through2X12 dimension lumber and 3X4 to4X12 timbers. Decking boards in either species are

then grouped by length in units for uni-form packaging and are loaded intokilns for five to seven days, or taken tothe air drying yard, depending on thespecies, for four to eight months.Once dried to a 15 percent moisturecontent, the lumber is returned to theplaner and/or funneled to the remanu-facturing plant, for final planing, grad-ing, and sorting. Finished product isthen packaged and distributed nation-wide, yet the market demand for thelumber is most prominent in the 13western states. The afflicted economy has softened

the market and curtailed production atthe mill, explained Schoenhofer. “Theplant has a 300 million board footcapacity and operates at half capacityat this time. We expect to move 200million board feet of lumber of bothRedwood and Douglas Fir. This is pur-chased from the parent company,Green Diamond, and also from small-er land owners. ”Schoenhofer has been with the com-

pany since 2000. He grew up in thecommunity and worked in lumber millsto finance his college education. Hegained experience in finance at othercompanies. When he arrived at TheCalifornia Redwood Company, heworked as the business developmentanalyst and later moved into opera-tions. He also managed the Korbelsawmill until 2007.As vice president and general man-

ager, Schoenhofer has been instru-mental in the company’s reposition-ing, yet acknowledges the quiet forti-tude of the company all along as areliable and sustainable operation.“We remained fairly quiet, and justkept doing what is right,” he said. “Wenow tell our story of having renewablesustainable products, taking care ofthe land and providing jobs for thecommunity. We have our ownresource timber base, experience inmanufacturing, and now new strengthof being more market-focused and onbuilding a new brand.”Contact information for The California

Redwood Company is 707-268-3000or info@californiaredwood.com.

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is to build a top-notch, high quality,first rate product,” Ryan said. “Whenyou build a brand, you’re making aninvestment of all your time and energyto say, we’re signing something thatgoes in the marketplace. By puttingour brand on it, it’s our signature thatwe’ve put in all of our energy and all ofour efforts to be proud of what wemade, we’re not just trading a com-modity. As a result our product is com-parable with the highest quality of anyproduction around the world.”Among the many products manufac-tured by SFI under the TigerPLY©

brand, one recent offering isTigerLITE©. “TigerLITE comes with an18 mm, 3/4-inch, 4x8 panel which isan ultra-light 46-pounds per panel,”Ryan revealed. “These are primarilyused in RV, aircraft and marine appli-cations. Due to the ultra light weight,we get more panels on a truck andtherefore we can offer our distributorshigher quality with lower cost. It’s justone of the many items we’ve devel-oped to bring some value to the mar-ketplace.“Our most recent product catalog fea-tures our 2010 ‘Core Options.’ CoreOptions offers customers a set of coregrades and thicknesses,” Ryan con-tinued. “We’ve developed CoreOptions for 2010 to define how webuild a panel. We have a variety of

er of the firms Xuzhou, China officesaid, “Our goal is to identify any prod-uct that we can source globally to

bring value to our customers.“We spent several years developingthe product,” he continued. “It was justin the past year that we’ve achievedthe consistent quality at the produc-tion volume that we were seeking.We’ve accomplished that throughpartnerships with manufacturersaround the globe.” Loe noted that Rod has used his 30years of experience in the plywoodindustry to help foster this effort. “Wehave utilized the knowledge of mybrother Rod, who’s been goodenough to give us his time and ener-gy,” he said. Rod spends about half ofhis time in the company’s productionoffice located in Xuzhou, China, con-tinuing to manage the production andbuild quality control teams. “Our goal

products. We have a product that wedeveloped called C-9, which is a thickveneer. Actually, we’ve installedmachine core composers to build apanel with the least amount of overlapor voids on the core.“We’re coming out with a new panel,which we call XTR. This hybrid combi-nation core has MDF cross bands forhigh-end finish work such as cabinetryand furniture. Those applicationsneed an ultra smooth face and we’veestablished that by putting the MDFcross bands on our thicker machine-composed cores. Developing this setof cores has been the foundation ofour business.” Oregon State University’sDepartment of Wood Science &Engineering tests the TigerPLY prod-ucts. “We work with Oregon StateUniversity and TECO, a third partytesting and certification organizationheadquartered in Sun Prairie, Wis.,”Loe said. While SFI has a primary focus onTigerPLY, the firm manufactures manyother products. “Shelter ForestInternational is not just TigerPLY. Wedo a lot of different thingsin addition to TigerPLY,” Rodexplained. “TigerPLY is one of ourmain thrusts because we haveapplied so much energy and effort,

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CALIFORNIA REDWOOD - Continued from page 22

SHELTER - Continued from page 6

manufactured primarily from veneersthat are grown on sustainable, andenvironmentally friendly plantations.“When we looked at global resourcesfor building our products we found alarge sustainable supply in Chineseplantations,” he explained. “The costis low, the forests sustainable and thetrees can be harvested on a 10-yearrotation. That makes it one of the mostsustainable resources in the industry.”Loe’s brother Rod, production manag-

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In the northeast-ern region, lumbersuppliers’ accountfor “stable” marketconditions.“Activity seemspretty fair right

now, supply seems to be meetingdemand,” a contact in Pennsylvaniasaid. “Business conditions have stabi-lized from six months ago.”The source said the economy is thenumber one factor in the level of salesactivity. “There is still some wait andsee attitude out there, so while we arestabilizing, we aren’t seeing a majorincrease.”He said he is experiencing trans-portation issues. “Transportationcosts are definitely up and availabilityof trucks is very tight. There is a ratioof 10 trucks to every 30 loads, it’s dif-ficult right now.”

A wholesaler inIdaho said theSoftwood lumbermarket in theWestern region isdifficult. “We mar-ket nationally but

we do a lot of regional business obvi-ously,” he explained. “We have week-ly conference calls with our productmanagers and buyers and the Westseems to be a tougher market thanthe rest of the country. The represen-tatives that are selling in those mar-kets are having a harder time thanrepresentatives in other regions.”As to what factors are involved, thesource said he believes the westernregion has a much weaker demand.“It’s definitely worse today than it wassix months ago,” he said. “I think it’sworse than from a year ago. In thefirst quarter we saw a little uptick, butit crashed and burned. I think we bor-

rowed demand in the first quarter andwe’re paying for it now. We’re at550,000 housing starts and most of itwas crammed into the first and sec-ond quarters. The bottom half of theyear has been a wash for us.”In Montana a Softwood lumber dis-tributor, which offers Hem-Fir,Douglas Fir, Cedar, Redwood andsome SPF, said he believes the indus-try is over produced. “Six months agowe were experiencing a supply short-age, which caused the mills to pro-duce more. We’re back where wewere—with too much production.” He also said his inventory levels wereflat. “We haven’t had to react like a lotof our competitors have by reducingour inventory. We’re in a good enoughfinancial position that we feel like forour segment of the market—the logis-tics two-step distributor—what ourcustomer needs right now is access tothe product without having to buy atruckload or a carload. So they needpeople with inventory and I think we’reone of the few distributors out therethat has maintained inventory and thathelps.”The source said his prices are down.“In terms of purchasing, prices aredown due to oversupply. I anticipatesome changes as supply gets cur-tailed. I’m not looking for a booming

Serving diverse markets from thehome improvement sector to the farm-ing industry, the contact said hebelieves the outcome of the next sixmonths will be a ‘wait-and-see.’In New Hampshire, a contact saidshe was having difficulty finding cer-tain items. “In the Cypress market weare having a difficult time buying No.2, 10 and 12-inch wides. The six andeight-inch seems to be plentiful in No.2,” she said.“We’re seeing a little higher demandfor timbers and specialty manufactur-ing, which we do here. Business over-all, not just within the Cypress realm,but overall, seems to be down. I thinkthe general economy is a major factorand lack of jobs is also having animpact.” The source also mentioned the GulfCoast oil spill is having an affect onbusiness conditions. “We do a lot ofbusiness with the Gulf Coast regionand there is a lack of tourism rightnow. That affects a lot of markets,”she explained. “We also see inflatedpricing that has not deflated.”Southern Yellow Pine and Cypressare the best moving items for thesource, and engineered wood prod-ucts are the slowest according to thesupplier. “Our inventory levels arelower than the previous 90 days,” shesaid. “But we are having transporta-tion issues. I think most of that isbecause a lot of the trucking compa-nies have gone out of business. Wepredominately use flat bed trucking,and occasionally we’ll do container-ized trucking. The containerized truck-ing doesn’t seem to be affected likethe flat bed.”For the next six months the contactexpects conditions to remain at cur-rent levels. “I expect business toremain the same unless somethinghappens that will spurt some jobgrowth and some optimism about thefuture. I think everybody is holding onto what they can and not spendingany money right now.”A Softwood lumber wholesaler inVermont said most of his orders areon ‘as-needed’ basis. “In the areasthat we serve, most of the buyers arekeeping inventories pretty lean.Business is still there, but some daysare better than others.”He mentioned that frame of mind inhis area is better than the previous sixmonths. “In this area, we have alonger winter than most. So there is alot of downtime and you have to pre-pare for the season. That weighs oneveryone’s minds and because of thatyou have to take advantage of everysales opportunity in front of you.”Handling kiln-dried Spruce, thesource said his inventory levels arehigher than six months ago. “Pricesare flat and whether or not that’s goingto change anytime soon depends onthe mills,” he explained. “It’s going tohang on whether or not the mills keepsupply in check, or if they overrun.Also weather situations could come inand hurt different parts of the country.I don’t see too much imbalance fromthe mills that we deal with currently,but that could change in a short peri-od of time.”For the New Year, he expects betterbusiness conditions. “I think we’remuddling through the negativeimpacts of the down economy. Thebaseline here that we’re working off ofwill be slow, but there will be improvedconditions.”

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By Sue PutnamEditorial Director

Northeast BusinessTrends

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By Gary MillerManaging Editor

South/SoutheastBusiness Trends

Words like ‘mar-ginal’ and ‘slight’are common

among some Softwood suppliers inthe Southeast when describing thecurrent level of business activity.However, most acknowledge thatwhile sales activity may be slow, it isan improvement overall from previousmonths.In Alabama, a Softwood supplier saidsupply shortages seem to be over. “Itseems like there is material to be hadin just about every Softwood species.Occasionally you run into an areawhere somebody doesn’t have some-thing, but somebody else probablydoes.”He mentioned his inventory levels arehigher than the previous 90 days.“Some prices are up and some aredown. It’s how things are going.Overall I’m expecting business to soft-en but I haven’t seen it yet. Supplierpricing seems to be fairly strong.”The contact also explained that trans-portation costs have risen “astronomi-cally. Trucking seems tough andexpensive when you can get it. Manytruckers have gone out of business,which means there are far less play-ers in the contract trucking business.So those people are in command rightnow,” he remarked.Serving a retail lumberyard customer

base, the source mentioned he isnoticing a slight increase in demandfor certified products.For the months ahead, this samecontact said, “I thought it was gradual-ly getting better, but the slowness weare seeing now puts that in a differentlight. Things are getting quiet again. Iwas optimistic about the next fewmonths being decent businesswise,but now we’ll just have to see.”A Softwood lumber wholesaler in theSoutheast mentioned business condi-tions are still tough. “With this market,lumber manufacturers’ pricingdropped so rapidly over the last 60days, therefore, their viewpoint aboutbusiness conditions are what theywere months earlier,” he explained.“Actually it’s worked to our advantageas a company simply because theprices going up so rapidly for the lasttwo or three months really inhibitedour ability to sell. Higher prices andless availability was a perfect scenariofor us to see our business affected.Even though we’re not happy to seethe manufacturers’ prices go down, ithas been good for us because it hasbrought our prices back down to alevel that our customers have gottenused to, and in this climate it’s easierfor us to sell our lumber products.“However, for the overall health of theSoftwood lumber market, I think it’s abad thing for prices to be this low,” hecontinued. “The short term for ourbusiness is that June and July werethe best months for our company.That’s contrary to most people thatI’ve talked with, whether it be awholesaler or a manufacturer.”He also said weather, as it traditional-ly does, had a tremendous impact onmany businesses in his area. “Fromabout the 4th of July onward, theweather is just oppressively hot in theSouth. We primarily sell into thesouthern states and with weather that

Ontario/QuebecBusiness Trends

For some sourcescontacted, the small

jump in Softwood orders that manymills and wholesale operationsenjoyed earlier this year seems tohave reached a plateau. Although thesummer traditionally brings with itslower sales, some businesses arereporting steady demand. So asSoftwood sources peer into the future,there is a bit more optimism and a lit-tle less anxiety than at this time lastyear.That does not mean, however, that

everyone is enjoying solid improve-ment.“How many degrees of dead are

there?” This was the wry response ofone Ontario mill owner when askedabout his take on Softwood sales. “It’sbeen very, very dismal. There was alittle ray of light in May and then itimmediately dropped back again. Thedemand is very low and the prices arecorresponding to that. I don’t knowwhat words to use without profanity todescribe the mess we’re in.”Although he noted that there have

been some hopeful signs, he said hebelieves these are merely transitoryand that a true industry recoveryremains elusive.“It’s mainly because Canada and the

U.S. were doing all kind of things forhome renovations. But that time has

By Michelle KellerAssociate Editor

run out; the tax benefits are ending,”he said. “For a while, there was extrademand for paneling and shelving,and production has been very, verylow. It was encouraging, but it didn’tlast. SPF prices went up, then fellback. Until our American neighborsstart building 1 million to 1.2 millionhomes, we’re not going to have anybusiness to speak of.”This mill owner, who first began

working in the industry in 1961, saidhis company cuts mainly Red andWhite Pine, but added that if the mar-ket bounces back, he would probablyreturn to producing SPF as well. Hesaid the issue extends far beyond theparameters of the Softwood lumbermarket.“It’s the general economy and the

whole world. People are sort ofdepressed,” he said. “People have alittle money in their hands, but theyhave it clenched pretty tight in theirfist. They’re not sure if they’re going tohave a job.”Citing a lack of capital and potential

markets, he said changing his productlineup is out of the question for now. Infact, with almost 40 years in the busi-ness, he said he has no doubt thatthis year has been the most challeng-ing yet.“It’s the worst ever,” he said. “We’ve

run into some knot holes that werereally bad, but our situation is proba-bly worse than most people.”He added that although the whole-

sale end of the business has beenfighting low prices as well as lowdemand, he said he has seen littleprice reduction on the retail side. Healso lamented the increasing numberof restrictions that have made theSoftwood lumber industry less finan-cially viable over time.“It seems like there are 100 reasons

not to cut a tree, but you never hear areason to cut one,” he said. “We need

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with the whole team involved in it’sdevelopment,” Ryan added. “A lot ofblood, sweat and tears have gone intobringing high quality to the internation-al level, to building this brand.”In fact, Rod said they often shipmixed containers spanning the rangeof SFI’s panel production. “We’ve gotclients in China that may needSouthern Yellow Pine or Alder andwe have the ability to manage thelogistics of all the products in anydirection. We have a number of ware-houses with a broad spectrum ofproducts, from which we can mix andmatch loads, which just adds to theefficiency,” he added. SFI ships prod-ucts through the Chinese ports ofQingdao and Lianyungang; and pri-marily to the ports of Portland, Ore.,Houston, Texas, and Savannah, Ga.,in the United States. Canada is serv-iced through Vancouver, B.C.Ryan said, “There are a lot of facetsthat contribute to our market strength,but the key that ties everything togeth-er is state-of-the-art information man-agement, coupled with well-managedlogistics and supply chain manage-ment. Supply chain management isabsolutely essential, especially indeveloping markets. As our cus-tomers are working on smaller inven-tories today, our service needs toincrease. We do more with less, whichrequires really good information.”This year, SFI developed serviceteams made up of key employees.Ryan explained, “We actually dividedthe U.S. into five territories and we’vegot account management and territorymanagers for the entire country.”These key employees include: WestCoast Manager, Glen Anderson;Midwest Manager, Monica Davidson;Northeast Manager, Whitney LaRuffa;

Southeast Manager, MikeStringfellow; and South CentralManager, Matt McCoun.“We’re heavily focused in the retailmarkets, the big boxes and on distri-bution partnerships around the coun-try. That’s one of the reasons we divid-ed marketing into regions, to ensureour customers get the quality andservice they expect and deserve,”Ryan said. “We meet with our managers to dis-cuss any problems that our customersmay have,” he said. “We deal withhighly technical issues that change ona regular basis, so it’s important todiscuss issues daily. We’re makingimprovements and strides everymonth. We were the first company inthe world to get a No AddedFormaldehyde (NAF) exemption fromthe state of California for the produc-tion of hardwood plywood, and we’reone of the first to invest in small cham-ber air tests so that we can test forformaldehyde emissions in our labs inChina. We’ve really set some bench-marks in quality, sustainability andenvironmental stewardship. It’s much,much more to us than selling materi-als. It’s about sustainable environ-mentally friendly products. We’re try-ing to make a difference with what wedo.”As for what the future holds, Ryansaid, “Our goal is to have steadygrowth. We’re not interested in uncon-trollable growth; it’s really important tomaintain the culture that we’ve estab-lished, maintain the value, and main-tain control over the brand manage-ment. Certainly we have ample oppor-tunity as we grow for good interna-tional traders, and good domestictraders to fit within our team. We haveplenty of room to grow and we enjoythe financial strength to support andcultivate growth.”Shelter Forest International is part ofThe Shelter Group. The Shelter Group

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ity and plumbing and more.The company has “a core of extreme-

ly talented people,” Guequierre says.Employees get initial and ongoing

training according to recognized,industry standards.Key personnel for the company,

besides Guequierre, include CFOLisa R. McGlashen and PresidentDonald L. Swank. The company’smanagement team has more than 150years of experience in the factory-builtmodular housing industry.Housed in two buildings of 97,000

square feet each, the company has anassembly line and room for storageand support facilities.The assembly line has 20 stations.

Typically, one moves down the line,stopping at each station, produces amodule for a structure. Once all mod-ules for a structure are complete, themodules are placed in large, steel car-riers – each with wheels and axles –and attached to a truck that hauls it tothe location.Indiana Building Systems contracts

with builders where each structure isto be erected. These builders assem-ble the structures, affixing them to thefoundations.Sometimes, Indiana Building

Systems employees assist with build-ing assembly.Of late, Indiana Building Systems has

built many green structures. “We have

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focused on this expertise,”Guequierre says. The firm has lum-ber-treating methods, HVAC systemswith low emissions, water-savingdevices and other components thathelp make a home green-certified.Guequierre says that green building

and custom homes help make hiscompany viable. “We’re happy to beupright and not prone,” he adds.The company, he says, is seeing “a

modest amount of business, not alarge uptick.” He says IBS is also see-ing more business in Canada.In the second half of 2010,

Guequierre expects “modest growth”for his company.Marketing for Indiana Building

Systems is carried out on the Internetand by traditional target marketing ofbuilders and others.However, Guequierre says the com-

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The event was held at the Coeurd’Alene Resort.At this year’s event, long-term IFGsalesman Jim Scharnhorst was rec-ognized for his years with the compa-ny. Scharnhorst recently announcedhis retirement from Idaho ForestGroup.Scharnhorst began his 36-year lum-ber career after graduating from theUniversity of Idaho in 1973. He joinedBennett Forest Industries in 2001 todirect the sales and marketing efforts

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Western species, the Doug-Fir, Larch,Spruce and Hemlock - none of themare doing well at this time. Prices aredepressed right now. If they don’t goup, mills will go down and supply willbe restricted. While that may stabilizethe market, more mills may also goout of business,” he commented.Taking a look at the remainingmonths of 2010, the source said, “Ithink we’ll rock along about like wehave been. I certainly hope 2011 willbring improvements for all of us.”In Missouri, a supplier said businessconditions had improved earlier in theyear, but now appear to be stagnant.“We saw an increase in July but it hasslowed back down,” he noted.“Everyone in this area feels about thesame. I was a few counties over lastweek and everybody thinks the rest ofthis year is going to be slow. I think alot of it will have to do with theNovember elections and then, ofcourse, the winter months are never agood time in our industry. So far we’vehad an increase of 14 percent fromlast year. So even if it stays slow,we’re going to come out better thanwe did in 2009.”Handling Douglas Fir and WesternRed Cedar timbers, the contact saidDouglas Fir is his best selling item. Asfor supply issues, he said, “We hadone major vendor close down, whichwe’ve found a replacement for them.Other than that, we haven’t faced aserious shortage of anything.”Transportation, on the other hand, isa different story, according to the con-tact. “Trucking has been an issue thistime of year, of course. Some of thetruckers would rather carry fruit andvegetables during the warmermonths. They don’t remember whocarries them through the winter,” hesaid. “But it is a seasonal thing and wedo go through it every year. So weknow what to expect.”Regarding material, he said priceshave increased in the Cedar products

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of the newly formed company. WhenBennett Forest Industries merged withRiley Creek in 2008, Scharnhorst’snew responsibility was to help buildthe sales foundation for the new com-pany and lead the sales/marketingeffort for Idaho Forest Group.Idaho Forest Group owns and oper-ates lumber manufacturing facilities inChilco, Grangeville, LaClede andMoyie Springs, Idaho. Its mills boast acombined capacity of over 800 millionboard feet.For more information, visit thecompany’s website at www.idaho-forestgroup.com.

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“Overall business conditions areworse today than they were sixmonths ago,” he continued. “Theeconomy is a big part of the problem,of course, but also I think our politicalleaders are contributing a bit to theuncertainty in the marketplace. I don’tthink Wall Street cares for our currentadministration. The weak economyand the downturn of exports is allhaving an effect on the Softwood lum-ber market.”The contact said he has experiencedan occasional shortage in materials.“Mostly we are getting what we needwhen we need it. But every now andthen we have trouble getting a partic-ular grade or length that our cus-tomers want. For the most part ourproblem is getting what we require ata decent price.”An Oklahoma retailer said pricing forall species is in the “dumps. The

but not in the Douglas Fir. “I’ve seenan increase in Cedar 13 times andonly once in Douglas Fir.”In the coming months the contactalso believes the November electionswill play a part in what lies ahead. “Ithink the elections will make a big dif-ference. If the right people are elect-ed, we’ll start to see things turnaround by March or April of 2011,” hesaid. According to the National Associationof Home Builders (NAHB), the trend infirming home prices solidified in thesecond quarter with more metropoli-tan areas showing increases from ayear ago. The latest survey by theNational Association of Realtors(NAR) suggests the increase is aidedby a surge in home sales driven bythe homebuyer tax credit.A survey of the Midwest reflected, themedian existing single-family homeprice increased 1.4 percent to$148,500 in the second quarter fromthe second quarter of last year.Existing home sales in the Midwestrose 14.5 percent in the second quar-ter and are 20.9 percent above thesame period in 2009.

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first quarter. We just have to adjust toexisting demand. As that happens theprices will come back into a more sta-ble situation then we’ve had the lasteight weeks.”Marketing to commercial and industri-al customers, the distributor is skepti-cal about the coming six months. “Likea lot of people in our industry, I’m look-ing for tough sledding for the next sixmonths and into next year. I think thegovernment hasn’t reacted to housing

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issues. I don’t expect them to bail usout, but there are some other thingsthat could be done to help,” he said.“Unless we see some more bankingreform to the building sector, we won’tsee improvement. The demand ishere, but there is no access to themoney. We’re not going to get back toany meaningful level of housingstarts, which would revive our busi-ness until we get some help from thebanking industry and the govern-ment.”A manufacturer in Colorado said busi-ness activity is slow. “We thought wewere gaining momentum in the springand things were picking up. But whensummer hit, it slowed back downagain and I think this is the new‘norm.’ There’s just not much goingon; everybody is playing it close to thevest,” he explained.The source said that lack of home-building is the key factor. “The hous-ing starts are half of a normal range,so there’s not enough ‘pie’ to goaround.”Marketing to wholesale distributorsand industrial customers, the manu-facturer said he expects very slowconditions for the end of 2010 and intothe first half of 2011. “I don’t look forany changes until the middle of 2011.”

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to rely on the federal government andthe market, but you can’t continue toproduce a product that people don’tseem to need or want. The govern-ment bailed out General Motors, butthere’s nothing for us; we’re not visibleenough.”

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In Quebec, there is considerablymore optimism. The trader at one millsaid he is seeing some improvementin his company’s bottom line. In fact,he said business had remainedsteady since demand increased inMay.“There’s been a little slowdown earli-

er this summer, but it looks like busi-ness is picking up again,” he said. “Iguess dealers let their inventory fall,and I think the business just slowed alittle bit. But, it looks like business ispicking up again for the fall.”He said his company provides lum-

ber to retail yards, box stores, con-tractor yards, and distribution centers,mostly in Canada. He noted thatalthough the United States was hithard during the economic slowdown,Canada has not felt the pinch quite asmuch. He predicted that the U.S.would not see a sustained rebounduntil next year at the earliest. He alsonoted that seasonal factors are atwork.“We always see a slowdown in the

summertime here, specifically inQuebec,” he said. “So usually by earlySeptember, everyone’s up and run-ning again and most of my customersat least think they’re going to have agood fall.”Still, he said, today’s steady work

may mean quieter times ahead.“I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a

slowdown here and a slight pickup inthe States a year from now becausethe housing market here is red hotright now,” he said.The trader at one Quebec wholesale

operation expressed the same cau-tious optimism, saying the spring was“surprisingly strong” and this summerhas been “way, way better” than thelast couple of years.

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“The price is not necessarily thatmuch higher, but we have a lot moreinquiries,” he said. “We don’t neces-sarily have to look for customers; theyare calling us, although they are stillbuying just in time.”He said sales in SPF were up across

the board, with prices particularly bet-ter for orders of 1 by 3, 1 by 4, 1 by 6,and 2 by 3.“Every product that a western

sawmill does not produce much, theprice stays strong,” he said.He said that although demand has

not increased markedly, there doesseem to be substantially less produc-tion from the mills when comparedwith this time last year.“We are very close to being in bal-

ance between production and con-struction,” he said, adding that mar-ketplace remains cautious. “When wetalk with customers, there are not nec-essarily a lot of people who are opti-mistic. But, we will take advantage ofthat market for the time that it lasts.”The manager at one Ontario whole-

sale operation concurred. He said thatcompared with a year ago, demandwas marginally better and that peopleseemed more confident about thefuture.“I think we’ve just come off the bot-

tom. I think people are a little lessinsecure about their jobs,” he said.“The financial picture is more solidi-fied in Canada.”That said, he predicted that the

fourth quarter this year and nextyear’s first quarter will be “reallytough.” He said his customers, whoinclude homebuilders, distributionyards, and contractor yards, arereporting some reduction in consumerinterest.“Basically, their business is slowing

down. Sales are tough. I don’t see asmany projects on the books; our guysare not bidding as much,” he said,adding that in his opinion, time is the

only thing that will improve the market.“Let’s be realistic: this is all supplydriven, not demand driven. Time is theonly healer in the economy right now;I’d like to say there is some panacea,but that’s naïve.”With that in mind, he said his compa-

ny will do everything it can to hold outfor the long term and weather the cur-rent economic troubles. “We’re a 50-year-old company, basically doing thesame thing for about 50 years. We’renot about to change course justbecause the economy has gottentough.”

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hot combined with overall tough eco-nomic conditions, it’s led to some pes-simistic attitudes on both the buyingand selling end.” “I think the economy in general issluggish,” another source in theSoutheast explained. “It’s well docu-mented as far as the unemploymentstatistics, and Gross DomesticProduct (GDP) growth has gone downthe last two quarters. I think businessconditions in our industry will continueto be a struggle.” Like others in the Southeasternregion, the Softwood supplier doesn’tthink improvement will happen in amatter of months either. “I think it maybe a couple of years before we getback to something that resembles anormal type of business climate,” hereplied. “The housing starts number isthe primary driver in the economy. Itaffects everything else. It’s not just thewood that goes into houses thataffects our economy but it’s otheritems too like cabinets, furniture, etc.Of course, tradesmen like plumbers,electricians and carpenters are affect-

ed by how much building is going onin the country as well. So I’m hopingand believe we can get back to a mil-lion housing starts or more by at least2013 or 2014. If that is what takesplace, we can’t expect to see a robustmarket place for wood products forthe next couple of years.”A source in Florida had similar com-ments. “Realistically we expect busi-ness conditions to continue to betough,” he explained. “We’re cuttingour costs everywhere we can, we’retrying to work smarter and harder.”This Softwood supplier explained hiscompany is also keeping a close eyeon receivables. “Our receivables arenot in as good shape as they were ayear ago and I suspect that’s the casewith everybody.”Looking ahead, the contact in Floridasaid, “This is not an original thoughtbecause what I’m about to say, I hearall the time—but its true: the manufac-turers, treaters, wholesalers andretailers that make it to the other sideof this down economy are going toenjoy some really good business inthe future for a long period of time. Itis forcasted that the United States, forthe next 20 years, will have a popula-tion growth of about 10 percent.Those people have to live some-where. They are going to be in hous-es, apartments and remodels. So Ithink if we can make it through theend of this market, which is likely tolast a couple of more years, businesswill be really, really good for those ofus left in the wood industry.”

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EEllddoorraaddoo,, AArrkk..——Jeff Stefani,Regional Sales Manager for MidwestRegion Engineered Wood Products, adivision of Anthony Forest Products,was elected Chairman of theAmerican Wood Council’s (AWC)Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).Stefani will oversee the technicalsubcommittees of the AWC, whichincludes the subcommittee on fire andstructural design plus the TechnicalAdvisory Committee. This group of technical designers andengineering experts is responsible forthe increased use of wood productsby assuring the broad regulatoryacceptance of wood products in thebuilding code arena. AWC sponsorsthe National Design Specification(NDS-Wood Construction), which isbroadly accepted by the IRC and IBC. “We are proud of Jeff for being elect-ed to this esteemed position by hispeers,” said Chris Webb, AnthonyForest’s National Sales Manager. Stefani has held his position at AFPfor seven years and is a licensedProfessional Engineer in Ohio,Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan. Hegraduated from Purdue University in1974 with a BSCE degree, and in1994 he obtained a MBA Degree inFinance from Xavier University inCincinnati. He resides in Cincinnati,

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Cam Cook, sales manager forGorman Brothers in West Bank,B.C., said, “Our board business hasslowed up since spring. We are stillselling all of our production, but pricesare beginning to weaken a bit. We areseeing the typical summer slow-downs. Exports are a real bright spotfor us. We are seeing some verystrong offshore sales. It helps thatour mill is only four hours away fromthe nearest port facility.”Scott Boates, handling Cedarshake and shingle sales for theTeal-Jones Group, Surrey, B.C.,said, “Our business has slowed in thelast month or two, but it is still steady.Our mill is still running on two shifts.The fact that we have our own logsupply keeps us very competitive onall our products. Right now you focusmore than ever on the customer andgetting everything right; you go theextra mile—all the time.” Teal-Jonesalso supplies Cedar lumber and oper-ates its own whitewood mills. TomHaker and John Gardner handleCedar lumber sales and John Birchhandles whitewood sales.Tony Darling in sales for SkanaForest Products, Richmond, B.C.,said, “As a wholesaler handling main-ly commodity items like No. 2 andBetter, I have found it to be a reason-ably good trading market. It’s up anddown and impossible to forecast.You just go day to day and do the bestyou can. Relationships do matter,especially now since business is tight.It would be fairly tough to break intothe market right now as a new traderor company. Supply is problematicwith all the curtailments and closures.It’s a mixed market. Mills say theirlogging crews have not been able toget into the woods due to fires or thethreat of fire. Mills are not buildinginventories and exports offshore arehelping to keep inventories down,which in turn helps mills keep domes-tic prices stronger. Even the futuresmarkets are very unpredictable andup and down.” He said that trans-portation is a problem right now.“Lumber is usually a back haul item,but right now everything is a back haulitem due to the generally slower econ-omy.” Darling said that Canada hasonly about one tenth of the populationof the U.S., but Canadian housing fig-ures are nearly equal to current U.S.housing figures.”Ray Pauwels, a 44-year veteran inthe Cedar industry, retired fromSkana and the industry at the endof August. “It isn’t as much fun as itused to be,” he said. “Of course, I willmiss my many friends in the industry.You meet so many really interestingpeople in this business. I will missseeing them at industry gatherings.But I won’t miss the tough grind thatbusiness has gotten to be these lastfew years. If it were fast and furiousand exciting as it has been in yearspast, I wouldn’t want to retire.”

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1982 planning rule. According tosources, it has been demonstratedover the years as a nearly impossiblestandard to achieve.Representative Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) offered an amendment to strikethis section (Section 228) from the billduring Committee markup but thatfailed 21-24. However there werethree Democrats that voted to strikethe section and others that voicedconcern with the viability rule provi-sion will be removed prior to beingbrought up for a vote.

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsackrecently announced the 15 membersof a newly formed advisory committeeto evaluate Collaborative ForestLandscape Restoration (CFLR) pro-posals. The Forest LandscapeRestoration Act required the commit-tee to be created to prioritize land-scape-scale restoration projectsdesigned to benefit local economies.The Act authorizes $40 million a yearfor these projects but Congress onlyappropriated $10 million FY10. Thecommittee recently met inWashington, D.C., to review candi-date projects for funding.Ten regions submitted at least oneproject. The Act calls for a maximumof 10 projects nationally each yearand allows each region to have nomore than two projects per year. Thepurpose of the CFLR program is toencourage the collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration of priori-ty forest landscapes. The President’sproposed 2011 budget seeks $40 mil-lion to be devoted to the projects. Thecommittee’s selections had not beenannounced at press time.

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Ohio, with his wife, Ellie, and daugh-ters, Emily and Kate. Anthony Forest Products (AFP) also

recently introduced EACOM TimberCorporation as its partner in an I-Joistventure. Domtar Incorporated hascompleted the previously announcedsale of its Forest Products Business toEACOM Timber Corporation.Domtar’s shares of the corporationhave been transferred to EACOM.“We will continue business as usual,and the Power Joist® brand staysintact,” a representative said. TheDomtar management team responsi-ble for wood procurement for the jointventure will stay in place along withthe entire manufacturing team in SaultSte. Marie, Ontario. According to AFPthe new company name will be forth-coming after board approval.

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PPoorrttllaanndd,, OOrree..——Josh Dean recent-ly joined The Collins Cos. as salesrepresentative of western lumber.Formerly ofW e s t e r nI n t e r n a t i o n a lForest Products,also located inPortland, hereplaces MikeLuza, who recent-ly retired. The family-

owned CollinsCos. traces itsroots back to1855, when T.D.Collins began timber operations inPennsylvania. By the turn of the cen-tury, the family had expanded west tomanage 94,000 acres of Softwood innortheastern California. Today theirholdings also include the CollinsLakeview Forest in southern Oregonand northern California. Additionally,Collins Products LLC manufacturesstandard and certified exterior sidingand particleboard, as well as standardhardboard siding and trim. For moreinformation visit www.collinsco.com.

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Lumber, Inc., based here, now offersThermo-Treated hardwood. According

to a company representative, thechemical-free, thermal modificationprocess creates lumber offeringdimensional stability, 25-year outdoordurability, and a rich brown tint andwood grain appearance. Twelvespecies are available in Thermo-Treated: basswood, beech, birch,cherry, hard and soft maple, hickory,poplar, red and white oak, walnut, andwhite ash. See Thermo-Treated hard-wood samples and Bingaman Lumberat www.bingamanlumber.com.

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based here, recently received ForestStewardship Council (FSC) chain-of-custody certification for its line of engi-neered wood products including BCIJoists, AllJoist I-joists, Versa-LamLVL, Versa-Stud LVL lumber andVersa-Rim rimboards.The company also recently released

the 2010 Boise Cascade Builder IdeaBook for green homebuilding.Included in the book are multiple waysfor builder customers to profit with effi-cient design, accurate estimating,elimination of wasteful cutting errors,less framing time, and the ability toaccommodate last minute planchanges.Boise Cascade manufactures engi-

neered wood products, plywood, lum-ber, and particleboard and distributesa broad line of building materials,including wood products manufac-tured by the company’s wood prod-ucts division. For more informationvisit www.bc.com.

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TT uu ll ss aa ,, OO kk ll aa .. ——Recently acquiredby a private equity firm, Cedar Creek,based here, has purchased threewholesale distribution yards in Texasfrom Alamo Forest Products in SanAntonio, Texas.The purchase adds yards in San

Antonio, Houston and Harlingen toCedar Creek’s nine locations.Charlesbank Capital Partners has themajority stake in Cedar Creek andvowed to expand into new geographicareas.William Adams was installed as chair-

man and CEO as part of the recapital-ization deal. Clark Wiens, DavidBond, and D. Wayne Trousdale willretain minority equity stakes as wellas senior executive positions with thecompany. For more information visitwww.cedarcreek.com.

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BBaallttiimmoorree,, MMdd..——Snavely ForestProducts recently announced MarkCappo has joinedtheir sales anddistribution divi-sion, located here.Founded in 1902,

Snavely ForestProducts servesthe wholesalelumber and build-ing productsindustry. With dis-tribution facilitiesthroughout heU.S. andi m p o r t / e x p o r tcapabilities, Snavely’s customersinclude professional and do-it-yourselfretailers, indpendent dealers, home-centers, door and window shopsand moulding & millwork manufactur-ers. For more information visitwww.snavelyforest.com.

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Northeastern Lumber ManufacturersAssociation (NELMA) recentlyreleased information that showedoverall shipments of lumber fromNELMA’s Softwood lumber producersthrough the first half of 2010 was up42 percent compared with the same6-month period of 2009. Dimensionshipments exceed 2009 by 57 percentwith Eastern White Pine up by 28 per-cent.

Thermo-Treated Wood Before (Left) And After(Right)

Josh Dean

Mark Cappo

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According to NELMA, most of thedimensions increase over last yearcan be attributed to the closure ofmills during the first part of 2009, thenreopening towards the end of theyear. When current data was com-pared with 2008, overall shipmentsare down by 6.5 percent (Dimensionby 12 percent and Eastern White Pinebasically even with 2008). For moreinformation visit www.nelma.org.

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Railroad is considering building atransload here. In a ceremony held at the BoiseDepot, Idaho’s Mayor David Bieterrecently announced a step in thedevelopment of improved freight railopportunities for businesses in theBoise Valley. The Mayor signed a let-ter of intent with Boise Valley Railroad(BVRR) to explore construction of atransload and intermodal servicesfacility on city-owned property insoutheast Boise. When built, the pro-posed facility would allow freight con-tainer cargo to go from rail to truckand truck to rail, and would be theonly facility of its kind between Ogdenand Portland.“This agreement represents a majoradvancement for economic develop-ment in our valley,” Mayor Bieter said.“One freight train can carry the load of280 trucks. We must look to install thiskind of large scale infrastructure inorder to ensure the city’s future eco-nomic vitality and to maintain our highquality of life.”Boise Valley Rail expects to transport770,000 tons of freight in 2010.

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Co. LLC, has agreed to purchaseMason County Forest Products, bothlocated here.

Anticipating the changeover, MasonCounty gave notice that it would belaying off 130 employees at the large-cutting and small dimension mills.Simpson Lumber has mills inTacoma, Shelton, Dayton andLongview, Wash.; Meldrim, Ga., andGeorgetown, S.C.

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Globe Group, based here, recentlyadded a new outdoor transfer yard atits rail-sided warehouse in Monson,Mass.Ex-Quaboag Transfer Kirk Bryant hasjoined Cross-Globe as general man-ager of the New England region. Alsoformerly with Quaboag, Tom Stokes isnow New England’s sales director.

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Forest and Paper Association(AF&PA) President and CEO DonnaHarman recently issued the followingstatement regarding the introductionof the bill introduced by SenateAgriculture Committee ChairmanBlanche Lincoln and Ranking MemberSaxby Chambliss, which would elimi-nate duplicative regulation on the useof pesticides.“I applaud Chairman Lincoln andRanking Member Chambliss for intro-ducing this bill, which promoteshealthy forests, effective forest man-agement, and prevention of invasivespecies and pests outbreaks throughreasonable and safe use of pesticideswithout costly, duplicative regulations.“The Federal Insecticide, Fungicideand Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) providesthe Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) the authority to regulate thesale and safe use of pesticidesthrough a comprehensive registrationand labeling protocol. Moreover, for-est managers follow best manage-ment and sustainable forest practices.Together these obviate the need forduplicative Clean Water Act permitsfor forest management pesticide use.” For more information visitwww.afandpa.org.

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DOUGLAS FIR up to 20” x 20” x up to 40’CEDAR 16” x 16” up to 32’

Richardson Timbers is a leader incustom millwork and manufacturing ofcustomized timbers, with capabilities ofdelivering products throughout the U.S.Serving the construction industry for

over 60 years, by taking the spirit of theold and combining it with the leadingtechnology of today, Richardson Timbersis able to offer wholesale products withunparalleled service and quality.

Size does matter.

Stocking Distributor of Large, Green and Kiln-dried Timbers

RICHARDSON TIMBERSSince 1949

toll free (877) 318-5261 phone (214) 358-2314fax (214) 358-2383

www.richardsontimbers.com

Classified OpportunitiesAlso, please specify the number of

times Ad is to run. All Ads to be insert-ed on prepaid basis only.

Classified advertising accepted onlyfor: Position Available, Position Wanted,Business Opportunities, Machinery ForSale, Machinery Wanted, Wanted ToBuy, Service Offered.

Classified Rates: Display $60.00 percolumn inch, fractions of an inch will becharged as a full inch. Line Ads are$8.00 per line.

All classified Ads must be receivedby the 15th of the precedingmonth. Example: Ads for theNovember/December, 2010 issue mustbe in by October 15th, 2010.

IDAHO TIMBER seeks a highly motivated, aggressive, energetic salesperson withexperience and knowledge in the areas of dimensional lumber and studs, along withcedar boards. Candidate will be responsible for product marketing, sales, new prod-uct development, as well as growing and maintaining working relationships withregional and national accounts. Position requires self-motivation, ability to commu-nicate well with others, creativity, teamwork and knowledge of the lumber productsindustry.

Position is available in Boise, Idaho and offers competitive benefits including:Salary (DOE), bonus program, 401(k), profit-sharing, health and dental insuranceand opportunity for growth with an innovative and aggressive industry leader.

For consideration, please send resume and cover letter to Idaho Timber,

Attn.: Lori Wielenga, PO Box 67, Boise, Idaho 83707.

IDAHO TIMBER

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S a l e s :: Winn Smith,, Jr.E m a i l :: win@limingtonlumber.com

P h o n e :: (207) 625-3286F a x :: (207) 625-7399

Website:: www.limingtonlumber.com

Manufacturerss off Qualityy Easternn Whitee PineProducts and Services:• Producing 15,000,000 bdft. annually• Weinig Waco maxi planer specializes in pattern stock• Nine Irvington Moore dry kilns - total capacity 360,000 bdft.• All shipments via truck or van are paper wrapped• Marketing through Wholesale and Wholesale Distributors

OU R PR O D U C T S A R E MA R K E T E D THROUGHOUTTH E UN I T E D ST A T E S A N D CA N A D A.

LIMINGTONLumber Co.

411 Pequawket TrailRte. 113, P.O. Box 47

E. Baldwin, ME 04024

Quality WWestern CCedar PProducts

2x4 RAILS in 8-10’ bothrough and surfaced

Cedar 4x4 POSTS in4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9and 10’ lengths

1x4 BOARDS in 4, 5and 6’ lengths

Cedar PICKETS

4418 NE Keller Rd., Roseburg, OR 97470 • FAX (541)-672-5676

Dan Keller, Sales Manager • (541) 672-6528

2x2 clear cedarBALUSTERS in 32” - 36” -42” - 48” - 96”

“We have advertised in The Softwood ForestProducts Buyer for eight years now and we’vebeen very pleased with the results. Recently wewere contacted by a new client who mentionedhe learned of us through a feature story he sawon our company. Advertising dollars aren’t easyto quantify but we know from the comments wehear that people see and read about us in ‘TheSoftwood Buyer.’ That’s why advertising in ‘TheSoftwood Buyer’ is advertising dollars well-spent.

Bobb MaurerSwansonn Groupp Saless

Glendale,, OR

Swanson Group Sales, Glendale, OR, is the sales arm of Swanson Group Inc which operates fivemills in Oregon. The company has two dimension mills producing Green Doug Fir in 2x4 through2x10; one stud mill that produces dry White Fir, dry Hem-Fir and Green Doug Fir studs; and twoplywood mills that make sanded, siding, sheathing, sturdifloor, industrial panels and overlays. Callthem at 800-331-0831 or Fax at 541-832-1234 or at www.swansongroupinc.com They are current-ly using 6 – 1/2 Islands in four color and 1 – 1/2 Island in four-color in the NAWLA Special Editionof The Softwood Forest Products Buyer.

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E - m a i l :: s t o k e s @ s o f t w o o d b u y e r . c o m

It’s everywhere you need to be to get more business!

Bobb Maurer

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SOFTWOOD CALENDARSEPTEMBER

Florida Forestry Association TradeShow, Baytowne Conference Center,Sandestin Resort, Destin, Fla. Contact:850-222-5646. Sept. 8-10.Global Buyers Mission, WhistlerConference Centre, Whistler, BritishColumbia. Contact: 604-882-7100, 800-422-9663 or email gbm@bcwood.com.Sept. 9-11.Northeastern Lumber ManufacturersAssociation, Red Jacket Mountain ViewResort, North Conway, N.H. Contact:207-829-4293. Sept. 16-17.North Star Expo,Logging/Trucking/Sawmill Show,Grand Rapids, Minn. Contact: 218-722-5013 or janeabel@timberproducers.com.Sept. 17-18.Florida Building Material Association,Main Event & Gulf Atlantic BuildingProducts Expo, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.Contact: 352-383-0366. Sept 21-24.

Mountain States Lumber & BuildingMaterial Dealers Assoc., Fall Meeting,Vail, Colo. Contact: 800-365-0919 orwww.mslbmda.org. Sept. 30.

OCTOBER

APA Annual Meeting and Info Fair,Tucson, Ariz. Contact: 253-565-6600.Oct. 16-19. Eastern Building Material DealersAssociation, IDEAS Trade Show, ValleyForge, Pa. Contact: 800-296-3278. Oct.20.Lumber Association of California &Nevada, Annual Convention, SanFrancisco, Calif. Contact: 916-369-7501.Oct. 21-22.Southern Forest ProductsAssociation, Annual Meeting, Mansionon Forsyth Park, Savannah, Ga. Contact:504-443-4464. Oct. 24-26.

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Classified Opportunities

FOR SALEMACHINERY LIST

McDonough 54” resaw model RA-59 (tilting HYD feed)New Holland Skid steer loader Model LX565 Runs wellNewman KM-16 3 Head Trim SawYATES, A62 – Motorized PlanerStetson Ross 6-12-A1 planer 5-headPERKINS 4.203 Newly Rebuilt Forklift Engine 1989 Ford L8000 with 12 ton/50’ CraneChip Bins-20 unit and 14 unit, 30 unit and 15 unit Western Pneumatics bins, NiceToledo digital truck scale 11’ wide x 68’ longMISC. Tilt Hoists, Lumber Handling EquipmentMISC. Electrical, DisconnectsMISC. ConveyorsMISC. Roll CasesMISC. BlowersMISC. CyclonesMISC. Hydraulic Pumps

CONTACT: Darrell Gottschalk(208) 835-2161

IDAHO TIMBERCORPORATION

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PACIFIC WESTERN LUMBER, INC.

Visit our website: www.pacwestlumber.com

• Manufacturers and wholesale distributors.

• Appearance Douglas Fir & Western Red

Cedar beams – green or kiln dried.

• Milled Log Home patterns, profiles and

cants.

• Fabricated timber trusses.

• Timber frame components.

• Lathe turned Douglas Fir/Whitewood/Cedar logs, up to 18”

diameter, 8’ to 85’ lengths.

• Kiln Dried 4x4 Appearance Grade Hem-Fir & Douglas Fir.

• Wood dowels – 2” to 7” diameter.

• Agricultural posts, poles and stakes.

Two locations to serve your Specialty Lumber NeedsMAIN OFFICE: Lakewood, WA800-232-2132 Fax: 253-581-1343

Lake Oswego, OR 800-819-4238 Fax: 503-595-0948

Massachusetts800-752-0129 800-468-8220 800-955-2677

Connecticut Vermontt

www.HoodDistribution.com

Canyon Lumber Company Ltd., specializing in Western Red Cedar and Inland Red

Cedar, seeks experienced, self-motivated, energetic sales professional for marketing of

dimension lumber, boards, patterns and specialty products. Our Sales office is located

in Kelowna, B.C. Medical and dental benefits.

Resumes and cover letter only please - to chudson@canyonlumber.com or fax to:

(250) 763-3413.

CANYON LUMBER COMPANY LTD. - WRC LUMBER SALES PROFESSIONAL

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERSBoise Cascade LLC ...................................15

Blue Book Services, Inc. ............................28

DiPrizio Pine Sales ....................................17

Durgin & Crowell Lumber Co. ....................13

Freeman, Harry & Son Ltd. ..........................4

Haida Forest Products Ltd. ........................19

Hancock Lumber Co. ...................................8

Hardwood Forestry Fund ...........................38

Hood Distribution/McQuesten Group .........37

Idaho Timber ..............................................24

JH Baxter Wood Preserving.......................34

Keller Lumber Co. ......................................36

Lazy S Lumber...........................................40

Limington Lumber Co.................................36

Mary’s River Lumber Co. ...........................23

Mid Valley Lumber Specialties, Ltd. .............9

Mill & Timber Products Ltd. ........................31

NAWLA (No. Amer. Wholesale Lbr. Assoc.)...39

NELMA (Northeastern Lbr. Mfrs. Assoc.) ...27

Nordic Engineered Wood...........................35

Oregon-Canadian Forest Products ..............7

Pacific Western Lumber, Inc. .....................37

Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd. .............32

Pa. Lumbermens Mutual Ins. Co. ..............30

PPG Industries/Olympic ..............................3

R. B. Lumber Co. ......................................38

Richardson Timbers ...................................35

Robbins Lumber Inc. ....................................6

Sandy Neck Traders ..................................34

Sawarne Lumber........................................29

Shelter Forest International........................30

Siskiyou Forest Products ...........................33

Swanson Group .........................................10

Teal-Jones Group.......................................26

Tri-ProTM Cedar Products Inc......................22

Waldun Group, The......................................5

West Bay Forest Products & Mfg. Ltd........25

Wynndel Lumber Sales ..............................11

Zip-O-Log Mills, Inc. ...................................36

FOR SALEMACHINERY LIST

McDonough 54” resaw model RA-59 (tilting HYD feed)New Holland Skid steer loader Model LX565 Runs wellNewman KM-16 3 Head Trim SawYATES, A62 – Motorized PlanerStetson Ross 6-12-A1 planer 5-headPERKINS 4.203 Newly Rebuilt Forklift Engine 1989 Ford L8000 with 12 ton/50’ CraneChip Bins-20 unit and 14 unit, 30 unit and 15 unit Western Pneumatics bins, NiceToledo digital truck scale 11’ wide x 68’ longMISC. Tilt Hoists, Lumber Handling EquipmentMISC. Electrical, DisconnectsMISC. ConveyorsMISC. Roll CasesMISC. BlowersMISC. CyclonesMISC. Hydraulic Pumps

CONTACT: Darrell Gottschalk(208) 835-2161

IDAHO TIMBERCORPORATION

Classified Opportunities

Are you interested in success and growth? BoiseCascade’s Building Materials Distribution (BMD) maybe the place for you.While our Company, like everyone in our industry, has

been affected by the downturn in the housing market, we’vestuck with our basic strategy, remained committed to our

customers, suppliers, and employees, and continued to invest in our growth and success.Our future is solid and bright. Our strategy is to grow in existing markets and expand to new markets.

In order to accomplish these objectives, we are looking to strengthen our team. We will do this in twoways; First, we will continue to provide resources and opportunities so existing employees can growand be successful; and second, we are interested in attracting and hiring new people to help us growin all aspects of our operations in sales, management, operations, purchasing, etc.If you are interested in joining our team, visit our website at www.bc.com/careers to learn more

about our company and current job openings.If you’d like to learn more, please contact us by faxing or emailing your interest to 208/331-5886 or

BMDHR@BoiseBuilding.com. We’d like to hear from you!

Wholesale lumber company seeks a top performer with 3+ years of industriallumber/panel sales experience to include hardwood panel, MDF and industrial particle-board products for our Midwest sales office. This opening offers a top compensation planand fringe benefits. Light travel only. Please apply in confidence:

Blind Box No. 142, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer,

P.O. Box 34908, Memphis, Tn 38184-0908

We are looking for a few good men (or women) to grow withour well-established wholesale company. Your expertise inPine, Hardwoods, or other species is welcome. We have anexcellent profit split, plus benefits, and you can work fromhome. Call Jim at The McGinnis Lumber Company, Inc. at601-483-3991.

R. B. LUMBER COMPANY

R. B. LUMBER COMPANYP. O. Box 2254

Oregon City, OR 97045

623-936-7090 - Randy

Fax 623-936-7091

rblumberco@aol.com

� INDUSTRIALS

Moulding, Finger Joint, Shop Core Stock, Pattern Work

� PRODUCTS FOR REMANUFACTURE

Random length low grade boards & dimension, Waney cants, Tight Knot Timbers

CALL US FOR

WESTERN RED CEDAR AND IMPORT NEEDS!

Our products include:

� FENCING ROUGH & S1S2E, FENCING DECKING & PATTERN STOCK

1x4, 1x6, 1x82x4, 2x6, 2x84x4, 6x6Western Red Cedar

Incense Cedar Chinese Fencing, Decking & PatternsGalvanized PipeStove and Horse Bedding Pellets

503-655-8020 - Gary

Fax 503-650-7235

knightatrblumber@aol.com

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